Geography
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Maps
Maps
Tower Hill School
100
The study of Earth and the way people live on it and use it.
What is geography?
100
An imaginary line, or parallel, measuring distance north or south of the equator.
What is latitude?
100
Dover
What is the capital of Delaware?
100
A guide telling you what each symbol on a map stands for.
What is a map key or legend?
100
The paint on the small school/house where Tower Hill first operated before the building was built!
Where did the green and white school colors originate?
200
Earth's seven large bodies of land.
What is a continent?
200
A line of latitude.
What is a parallel or what is the Equator?
200
New Castle, Kent, and Sussex County
What are the 3 counties in DE
200
A symbol that indicates cardinal directions.
What is a compass rose?
200
The Skilton Cup.
What is the name of the cup awarded to the winning field day team?
300
Earth's four large bodies of water
What is an ocean?
300
An imaginary line, or meridian, measuring east or west of the prime meridian.
What is a longitude line?
300
Chesapeake and Delaware
What does C & D stand for in the name C & D canal?
300
A map that shows the boundaries of states and countries.
What is a political map?
300
First Headmaster John Davis Skilton.
Who is the cup named after?
400
Earth can be divided into four of these.
What is a hemisphere?
400
Any line of longitude east or west of Earth's prime meridian.
What is a meridian?
400
Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River (or Bay)
What are the two bodies of water that connects the C & D canal connect?
400
A map that highlights Earth's natural features.
What is a physical map?
400
Seven!
How many students graduated in the first graduating class in 1923?
500
An imaginary line encircling Earth halfway between the North and South Pole.
What is the equator?
500
The line of longitude labeled 0 degrees longitude.
What is the prime meridian?
500
Something that stands for something else on a map.
What is a symbol?
500
A physical map that uses lines to show elevation on a map.
What is a topographic map?
500
General Infantry or general issue
What does G. and I. stand for in G.I. Bill?
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